The present invention relates to a high-speed motion compensation apparatus and method. The body comprises a front stop, a rear stop, and a guide extending between the stops. An output cooperates with the processor. The trenches may be used to form local enhancement implants into the exposed portion of the base and collector in each trench. Vegetables, fruit, or other food is introduced into a material inlet of the two passageways and pushed tightly with a material-pushing plunger to render the vegetables, fruit, or other food cut by the cutting seat at a material outlet at the bottom of the introduced pipe. Under certain embodiments, a sensor is made by providing a support structure; providing one or more nanotubes on the structure to provide material for a sensor element; and providing circuitry to electrically sense the sensor element’s electrical characterization.